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Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with your sitemap. The error message you are seeing indicates that the XML file does not have an associated stylesheet, which is common when the sitemap is generated dynamically without a proper XSLT file linked.

To add a stylesheet to your dynamic Rank Math sitemap, you can follow these steps:

1. Check if the XSLT file is available: Ensure that you have an XSLT file ready to be linked. This file typically defines how the XML should be styled when viewed in a browser.

2. Add Rewrite Rules: If you are using Apache or Nginx, you may need to add specific rewrite rules to your server configuration to ensure that the XSLT file is accessible. Here’s how you can do it:

   • For Apache, add the following code to your .htaccess file:

     # START of Rank Math Sitemap Rewrite Rules
     RewriteEngine On
     RewriteBase /
     RewriteRule ^sitemap_index.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 [L]
     RewriteRule ^([^"]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 [L]
     RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)?-?sitemap.xsl$ /index.php?xsl=$1 [L]
     # END of Rank Math Sitemap Rewrite Rules

   • For Nginx, add the following code to your Nginx config file:

     # START Nginx Rewrites for Rank Math Sitemaps
     rewrite ^/sitemap_index.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 last;
     rewrite ^/([^"]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 last;
     rewrite ^/([a-z]+)?-sitemap.xsl$ /index.php?xsl=$1 last;
     # END Nginx Rewrites for Rank Math Sitemaps

3. Clear Cache: After making these changes, make sure to clear your website cache and check your sitemap again.

4. Test Your Sitemap: You can validate your sitemap using external tools to ensure that it is working correctly and that the stylesheet is applied properly.

If you continue to experience issues or need further assistance, please feel free to reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further.

Thank you for raising this concern!

Hello,

Unfortunately, our scope of support does not extend to chats, phone calls, or remote applications like AnyDesk or Zoom apps.

Please check if you have any .XML sitemap file in your file manager and remove them as Rank Math does not generate static sitemap files.

If there are no XML sitemaps in your website files, then assuming you are using the latest version of all the plugins and the themes (please update if not yet), this can be caused by conflicting plugin/theme.

To determine that, please follow this troubleshooting guide:
https://rankmath.com/kb/check-plugin-conflicts/

Here is a video you can follow as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcIWRhcUP2c

Only the site admin would know and your users won’t be affected by this troubleshooting.

Looking forward to helping you.